Reflections on Impermanence

I recently came across this quote-

“Imagine reading a book with no way to turn back the page, how carefully would you read it? That’s life.”

Impermanence never takes a break.There is never a moment when we are not in transition. We are always in between the past and the future, between the memory of what happened before and the approaching state of what soon will be become memory as well.

Knowing we can never recreate moments and memories to me feels like an authentic invitation for sincere presence, reverence of the present moment, cherishing it, holding it as sacred, bringing a wide open heart to the experience.

I often think about my last time watching the sunset at my favorite spot in my old neighborhood in Pacific Palisades and how I had no idea that would be my very last time. If I had known, would I have shown up differently to that moment? Would I have worried less about my to do list and hurrying to get back home to complete it or would I have truly savored the moment in all its glory?

The vulnerable and tender feeling of sinking into the awareness that the nature of life is continual change is important to allow in.

We have no control over this. Everything under the sun has a fleeting quality- A cloud, a dew drop, lightening.

This can feel groundless, like there’s nothing concrete to hold onto with reliability that it’s solid… not even a stable standing home.

Can our hearts be big enough to hold both the heart break of loss that comes along with impermanence AND the flexibility to flow with life and all its changes? Because if we choose to see it this way- life is an incredible adventure, in which every ending is also a new beginning,